Potential Careers

There are many exciting careers available for School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences graduates within the degree areas listed below. These are examples of job opportunities, but do not reflect all the options available to graduating students. Feel free to browse our recommended jobs boards and list serves or contact your advisor for more information.

Industries related to this field are projected for continuous growth. Professionals with skills in GSEI related areas will be in high demand for collecting, collating, modeling, analyzing, visualizing, and communicating geospatial information.

Graduates can anticipate a wide variety of career opportunities within public agencies and government, private corporations, consulting firms, NGO and other international organizations as:

Depending on their chosen minor, work or internship experiences, and career interests, graduates from Natural Resources Management programs have a broad range of career options with government agencies, consulting firms, international development and re­source management agencies, non-profit organizations, and private industry.

Here are a few:

Conservation Planner

Natural Resources Educator

Wetland Ecologist

Environmental Consultant

Non-profit Director

Land Trust Manager

Law and Regulation Enforcement

Parks and Recreation Director

Parks Ranger or Interpreter

Eco-tourism Operator

Water Quality Manager

Watershed Scientist

Land and Resource Manager

Municipal Water Planner

Urban Natural Resource Specialists

The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts excellent growth over the next 10 years in job markets relating to both environmental science and recreation. Work in research, management, enforcement, or consulting – find the career that is right for you.

For more information about the variety of careers in natural resources, visit forestrycareers.org.

As companies continue to move toward the use of sustainable forest biomaterial for the production of homes, home furnishings, non-residential construction, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, automobiles, packaging and cosmetics, there is an increased need for employees with unique expertise in biomass production, operational logistics, and conversion processes of products and packaging.